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Native American languages
Native American languages languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. have become extinct, but many of them are still in use to... Read more

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Yuman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Yuman , branch of Native American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock, or family, of North America (including Mexico) and Central America. See Native American languages .
Kumeyaay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...federal census. Linguistic Affiliation. Kumeyaay belongs to the Yuman language family, Hokan stock. Each village had its dialect...contact, tribal neighbors in Baja California were speakers of Yuman languages: Cochimi, Kiliwa, Paipai, and Cocopa; to the...
Yuma
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Yuma , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American...numbering 1,160 in 1990. Bibliography: See A. L. Kroeber, Yuman Tribes of the Lower Colorado (1920); J. Forbes, Warriors...
Maricopa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Maricopa , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American...for their excellent pottery. Bibliography: See L. Spier, Yuman Tribes of the Gila River (1933, repr. 1970); P. H. Ezell...
Walapai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Havasupai and Yavapai, form the Upland Pai group within the Yuman language family. Mutually intelligible dialects are also spoken...1100. The Walapai origin myth places the creation of all the Yuman groups at a place on the west bank of the Colorado River, where...
Mohave
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Linguistic Affiliation. The Mohave speak a dialect of the Yuman language, which is classified in the Hokan-Siouan language...of the Quechan and Yavapai, but enemies of the other River Yuman peoples, the Halchidhoma, Maricopa, and Cocopa. The Pima...
Halchidhoma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Halchidhoma The Halchidhoma lived along the Colorado River in Arizona near the mouth of the Gila River and spoke a Yuman Language. They now live with the Maricopa in Arizona on the Gila River Indian Reservation. See Bibliography Harwell, Henry...
Cocopa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Cocopa ETHNONYMS: Cocapa, Cocopah, Cucap á , Kokwap á The Cocapa are a Yuman language-speaking group in the lower Colorado River region and its delta in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California...
Southern Paiute (and Chemehuevi)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...the Southern Paiute were in exclusive possession of their historic territory. Trade relationships were well established with Yuman tribes to the south and west and with the Hopi to the southeast. With the Ute relationships were initially friendly, although...
Havasupai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Havasupai ETHNONYMS: Coconino, Kanina, Kokonino, Nation of the Willows, Supai A Yuman-speaking American Indian group, the Havasupai, both past and present, have been located in Cataract Canyon in northwestern...

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Mohave
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Colorado River. All three speak related Yuman languages. Traditional Mohave territory...Cocopas. (Between 1827 and 1829 a fourth Yuman group, the Halchidhomas, were driven...four thousand. Like their lower Colorado Yuman relatives, the Mohaves traditionally maintained...
Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...settlers upstream were diverting most of the Gila's flow, withering Akimel O'odham fields. Akimel O'odham and their Yuman-speaking neighbors — the Maricopa, who share the Gila River Indian Community (1859), Salt River Indian Reservation...

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Bernie Yuman to Open New Management Firm; Announces Exclusive Representation of Muhammad Ali.
Business Wire; 12/1/1999; 524 words ; ...SportsWire)--Dec. 1, 1999-- Bernie Yuman, one of the most accomplished and brightest...s greatest living icon, Muhammad Ali. Yuman, who has been Siegfried & Roy...successful entertainers in Las Vegas history. Yuman's 24-year commitment as their manager...
[2] Bernie Yuman to Open New Management Firm; Announces Exclusive Representation of Muhammad Ali.
Business Wire; 12/1/1999; 527 words ; ...ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999-- Bernie Yuman, one of the most accomplished and brightest...s greatest living icon, Muhammad Ali. Yuman, who has been Siegfried & Roy...successful entertainers in Las Vegas history. Yuman's 24-year commitment as their manager...
Heroin . . . it's my yuman rights, Mr Mackay, innit?(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/14/2006; 700+ words ; ...Mr Mackay. I'm just exercising my yuman rites. What on earth are you talking about...Apparently, it was a breach of the addicts' yuman rites. When did taking heroin become a...s where you're wrong, Mr Mackay. Yuman rites, again. What? Judges at the European...
Yuman Indian Peoples of the Western Borderlands.
Newspaper article from: Borderlines; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...collectively constitute what is known as the Yuman peoples--whose traditional lands cover...Kiliwa, more distantly, with all of the Yuman groups, including the Quechan, the Mohave...divergent recent histories for the surviving Yuman groups of Baja California and their relatives...
Yuman honored for workforce development.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 6/4/2006; 700+ words ; ...Developers. On a national level, he is serving his second term as treasurer of the National Workforce Association A native Yuman, Morales has more than 30 years of experience working in employment, training, economic development and behavioral health...
Yuman stands by petition signatures.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 7/4/2006; 700+ words ; ...signatures. "As to the other allegations, I think they're all wet." During the hearing, the plaintiff provided testimony from Yuman Luis Heredia, an aide to U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, and Somerton resident Olga Yanez. Both said they were...
Yuman wins free trip to Las Vegas.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 6/9/2007; 605 words ; ...Gilbert Jun. 9--Despite being told by her husband and friends on Friday morning that she had won a free trip to Las Vegas, Yuman Irma Corpe still didn't believe them. It wasn't until Corpe got to work and a friend there told her that she had also heard...
Yuman killed in Iraq honored with plaque at park.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 6/24/2006; 700+ words ; Byline: Jeffrey Gautreaux Jun. 24--The most recent Yuman to be killed in combat in the Middle East took his place among more than 1,500 other veterans Friday morning at Armed Forces...
Yuman wins prizes on national radio contest.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 8/30/2006; 700+ words ; ...passed -- a requirement as part of receiving the prize -- Howard was back to calling in again. Walker was not aware of another Yuman winning such a big prize through a radio contest. Yuma residents have hit their share of lottery and casino jackpots in the...
Native Yuman in charge of state fair.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 8/14/2006; 700+ words ; ...begin his career in the fair business, after he became "disenchanted" with television work. "A good friend and longtime Yuman, Steve Shadle, was a member of the state fair board at the time. He was kind enough to introduce me to the executive director...